Windshield and support therefor



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Patented Aug. 4, 1931 THEODORE B. NISBE'I, 01*

IRVING-TON, NEW YORK WINDSHIELD AND surroivr THEREFOR.

Original application filed October 23, 1926, Serial No.

- I 1923. Serial This invention relates to wind shields and supports therefor and more particularly to wind shields and wind shield supports adapted'to protect occupants of. an automobile seat,

5 such'for'example as a rumble seat, and also adapted for ready adjustment either to a position for'use or to a position in which they will be out of the way When not in use. This case is adivisionof my, co-pending applications Ser. No. 143,627, filed October 23, 1926, and Ser. No. 199,799, filed June 18, 1927, and relates more particularly tothe embodiment ofthe invention illustrated in Figs. 13 and 1 1 1 of each of said co-pending applications. 15 Heretofore provision has been made in passenger car bodies, such asautomobile bodies, of wind shields and wind shield supports adapted for adjustment into position to protect the occupants of a seator for adjustment into ineffective position, for example, in an automobile, into. folded position at the back of a forward seat. "Such devices are not, 1 however, suitable for use in connection'with V certainpassenger carrying bodies, such as rumble seat bodies of automobiles, in which the space available toreceive the wind shield structure when not use, is not only small butshallo w. a a 1 An important object of the present invention is to provide an improvedfstructure for wind shield supports, of simpleconstruction and capableof ready adjustment to effective and out-of the-way positions and of being secured in such positions. Another object of the invention is-to provide astructure of the class described which is adapted for use with a rumble seat or arearward seat so as to be of suflicient height when in use. and capable of storage in front of the seat. v I

Other objects and advantages will appear upon consideration of the following description and'of the drawings in which; j v V Figure l'is a diagrammatic side elevation of a portion of an automobile havingone'em bodiment army invention applied thereto;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary View, partly in section, of means for adj'ustably securing parts'of the wind shield in desired position witlirespectto each other;x

Figure 3 is a View in side elevation illusm'aterial, whichfengag'es the edge of the 143,627. Divided and this application filed 11,111 2,

No.- 266,750, v i r trating in full lines the position of the parts whenthe wind 'shield'is in use and, in 'dot1- and-dash "lines, the position of the parts 1 when the wind shield is placed in the car body, as well as indicating the manner in- Whieh the Wind shield is shifted frompone position to the other; and 1 Figure 4: is a fragmentary rear elevation of the structure shown in FigureB. v

In Figure 1, the invention is illustrated as applied to an automobile having-a body .1 provided with a front'portion iii/Which the driver sits, a rumble seat 2, anda pivomuy' 1 supported cover 3 adapted toclose the rum} ble seat opening in the deck and, when swung, rearwardly to-open posi'tiointo form abackfor the rumble seat. The part in which the driver sits may be covered by'a;top 4 which,

' when desired, may be lowered to thefull line position, Figure 1, in whiclrit extends rear 170 wardly to about the front edge of the rum ble seat opening ,1 I Y In the top ofthe body let the forward edge of the rumble seat opening theremay be provided supportingineans such as afi'fi wooden crossbar 5 along which there is a metaltrough 6 which may be continued along 1 the side edgesof the rumble seat opening. I It i shouldbe understood,h'owever, that in some cases there is no wooden cross .bar in the an S0 toinobile body and the wind shield structure 1 and the trough are secured to'thebody in any. suitable manner." At its upper or.- forward edge the rumble seat cover 3 is provided with a notch 7;an'd a strip 8 of rubber or similar trough 6- when the cover 3 is in position to close the rumble-seat opening; 1 g

At the front of the rumble seat 2, the compartment therefor may extend beneath the deck and downwardly to a floor 9. ,Substantially at the lower surface of the automobile ,body land at the front of the floor 9 there may bean inclinedportion 10 adapted to} serve as afoot rest and, above theinclined- 5 portion 10, the compartment may be shaped to conform in general to the shape of the seat in the'front part of the car, 1 Ofcoursej, the

construction andar'rangeinent of these parts may vary for different machines.

these parts are connected by means substantially the same as shown in my Reissue Patent N 0. 14,872, dated June 1, 1920. In each case, the opening between the wing shields and the main shield is closed, as will be described with reference to the parts shown in Figure 4, by means of a tube 14 filling the space between the main shield and the-wing shield and a rod 15 forming a reduced extension of a member 16 and passing through hinge members 17 and 18 at the lower end of the tube 14 and through brackets 19 and 20 at the upper end of the tube 14, the brackets 18 and 20 being secured to the wind shield 11 and brackets 17 and 19 being secured to the wing shield 12. The upper end of the rod 15 extends into a wing nut 21 which when tightened causes the brackets 17 18, 19 and 20 to be pressed towards the corresponding ends of the tube 14 so as to hold the wing shield 12 in any desired angular position with reference to the wind shield 11.

At its lower end the member 16 is formed with a perforated collar 22 having ratchet teeth 22' at its left hand side, as seen clearly in Figure-2 in which the device is viewed from the side opposite to that shown in Fig, 4. This collar 22 fits over an annular projection 23 at the right hand face (Fig. 2) of a supporting member 24 to be described more fully hereinafter. The collar 22 is held in position on the annular projection 26 by means of a washer 29 having at its left hand side (Fig. 2) ratchet teeth 30 to cooperate with the ratchet teeth 22- and having keys 31 extending into slots 32 in the annular projection 23. In assembling these parts, the collar 22 is first placed over the annular projection 23, a spring 23 is inserted in the annular projected portion of the head 24, the washer 29 is placed in position with the keys 31 extending into the slots 32 and then the threadedportion 33 of a wing screw 34 is passed through the washer 29 and the collar 22, and screwed into the head 24.

It will be apparent that due to the engagement of the ratchet teeth 22 and 30 the collar 22 will be locked against movement relative to the washer 29, which due to the engagement of the keys 31 in the slots 32 is held against angular movement with reference to the supporting member or block. It should be understood that the parts of the left hand 7 side of the wind shield 11 are substantially the same as those at the right hand side, but that certain of the parts are reversed in position with reference to those at the left hand side.

The members or blocks 24 are slidably mounted on forwardly and downwardly extending rods 35 and secured in adjusted position thereon by set screws 36, the rods 35 being secured to the body 1 by any suitable means such as upper brackets 37 and lower brackets 38.

The Wind shield 11 may be shifted from the effective position shown in full lines in F igure 3 to the lower position (shown in dotand-dash lines) along the rods 35 in the following manner. The wing shields are folded against the rear face of the main wind shield 11 and secured in such positions by tightening the wing nuts 21. Then the wing screws 34 are loosened and the wind shield is swung rearwardly as far as desired. The wind shield may be swung rearwardly and the blocks 24 slid along the rods 35 far enough to position the wing shield with its upper edge resting on the seat 2 and the w nd shield may be secured in this position by tightening the thumb screws 34 and 36. The position of the wind shield on the seat may be varied by adjustment ofthe blocks 24 along the guides 35.

Preferably the wind shield, when not in.

use, is positioned along the rods 35 and in order to do thls, said wind shield after being swung to the rear from its'uprlght position is moved forwardly and downwardly until theblocks 24 engage the lower brackets 38, the upper edge of the wind shield being then secured in position by means of a hook 39 provided with a slot 40 through which passes a pivot or pin 41 supported by brackets 42. If desired the set screws 36 may then be tightened, but this may be unnecessary as the hook 39 will hold the wind shield securely in position.

It will be seen that, when the wind shield 11 is in positionfor use, there is usually a gap between its lower edge and the upper surface of the car body at the front of the rumble seat opening. Protection for the occupants of the rear seat may be obtained by a curtain or robe 43 secured in any suitable manner to the wind shield 11 andv wing shields 12 at their lower edges.

Although the invention is more particularly designed for use in connection with rumble seats of automobiles, it should be understood that the invention is of such scope as to apply to any structure in which similar requirements are to be met, as for example in a small touring car in which a wind shield is merely folded at the back of the front seat and could not be swung down past the front edge of the rear seat. In fact, the invention readily adjusts itself for use as a tonneau wind shield for substantially all purposes,

and the invention is also adapted for use ifi protecting persons in water or air craft.

It should also be understood that-there may be considerable variation in the manner of releasing and tightening the various screws and also in the steps of shifting the wind shields from effective to ineffective positions and vice versa. I

The foregolng detailed description has been glven for clearness of understandlng and no undue limitation should be deduced therefrom, but the appended claim should be construed as broadly as possible in view of the prior art.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

In an automobile body having arumble seat in a rumble seat compartment, the combination of a wind shield, wind shield supporting means pivoted to the wind shield near its lower edge, downwardly and forwardly inclined guides for said supporting means secured to said body adjacent to the forward edge of the opening of the rumble seat compartment and at their lower ends, means for securing said supporting means inadjusted position along said guides, and means to engage the shield at its upper edge and hold it when the shield has been lowered along said guides, including a pivot fixed to said body at the front of the rumble seat opening, and a shield-engaging hook having a longitudinal slot receiving said pivot and permitting-said hook to be shoved back when not in use.

THEODORE B. NISBET. 

